Given name
Arkady
“from an ideal country paradise”
Arkady is a variant of Arcadio. One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arkady is a variant of Arcadio. One Greek interpretation is “from an ideal country paradise.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arkady is a variant of Arcadio. An origin associated with Arcadio is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arkady through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 987 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arkady’s family of names
Arkady has a related form in Arcadio. In Polish usage, Arkady has a conventional equivalent in the French form ARCADI. In Polish usage, Arkady has a conventional equivalent in the Belarusian form Аркадзь.
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Around the world
Arkady has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Arcadiusequivalent
- Arkadiuszequivalent
- Arkādijsequivalent
- Arkadiequivalent
- Аркадійequivalent
- Arkadiyequivalent
- Arkádequivalent
- АркадийRussian
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People named Arkady
- Arkady GaidarSoviet children's writer (1904–1941)
- Arkady AverchenkoRussian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925)1880–1925
- Arkady DvorkovichRussian economistborn 1972
- Arkady BabchenkoRussian journalistborn 1977
- Arkady RaikinSoviet actor (1911-1987)
- Arkady RotenbergRussian businessman and oligarchborn 1951
- Arkadij NaiditschLatvian-German chess playerborn 1985
- Arkady LuxemburgAmerican composerborn 1939
- Arkady VolozhRussian businessmanborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.